Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’
If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.
6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI
What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI
With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.
5 tips to learn AI from scratch and for free
There’s no shortage of resources for healthcare workers who wish they knew AI well enough to talk shop with the technology pros who develop the models. The problem is weeding through the offerings to get to what will really work for you.

DR Systems updates cloud computing platform

Image and information management systems provider DR Systems has added new capabilities to its electronic medical information exchange (eMix), now allowing for importing and data sharing from CDs, DVDs and other external media.

June 15, 2010

JHM: Declining profits, staff reductions could hurt quality of care

Declining profits and decreasing staffing may hinder hospital quality and safety, according to an analysis in the June issue of Journal of Hospital Medicine.

June 14, 2010

Bos Sci launches Taxus Element in EU

Boston Scientific has launched its Taxus Element paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system in the European Union and other CE Mark countries, after which the first implants took place.

June 14, 2010

Sebelius to grant $51M for state insurance premium review

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of $51 million in Health Insurance Premium Review Grants through the Affordable Care Act.

June 8, 2010

Study: Ultrasound may improve viability of implanted soft tissues

Indirect low-intensity ultrasound stimulation may enhance muscle cell proliferation, metabolic activity and differentiation of cells and tissues. As a result, the method may increase survival of implanted soft tissue, said a study published online May 27 in the Journal of Tissue Engineering.

June 1, 2010

ATS: Insurance & education, not race matching, better predict heart transplant problems

Race-matched donor hearts do not lead to better outcomes after heart transplantation. Instead, the type of insurance plan and education levels could indicate worse outcomes among racial and ethnic groups, according to a study published online June 1 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

June 1, 2010

Innovation, Evolution and the Telephone

Point-to-point transmission was all that was available. There were competing standards for everything from device design to content delivery. Early adopters paid hefty up-front costs to get connected. Communication was by no means guaranteed. The market was fragmented.

June 1, 2010

The Role of Smartphones in Medicine: Dial M for Murky

What patient data are you allowed to access on your smartphone, and where? Please hold while a phalanx of federal agencies hammers out an answer.

June 1, 2010

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."